GOLFERS clubbed together to donate £2,000 for schoolchildren in Uganda.

The Rotary Club of Southport Links made the generous gift from the proceeds of its European golf tournament last September.

The money is going towards building a new school for 800 boys in Muyembe in Eastern Uganda.

Retired teacher Pat Callaghan, from Crosby, is organising the project as part of her work in the area.

The Southport Links donation will go towards completing the building and fitting out two extra classrooms and the library.

Mrs Callaghan also organises a number of groups for local women and is collecting goods for ‘Mama bags’ which provide clothing, cotton wool and vaseline to help save the lives of mums amd new-born babies in Uganda.

She said: “I’m still floating on air after receiving this donation. I could only do this work with the support of local people and donations like this from the club.”

John Bambery, Rotary Club of Southport Links vice-president, said: “Pat is passionate about helping others and in particular the deprived of Eastern Uganda. She is the sort of person who is more than worthy of the support of Rotary.”